Notice for Parents: Don’t forget to pick up your Progress Tracker and Principal’s letter from the Parent Portal. Our next Parent’s Evening is Thursday 16 April 2015

/// We are on Easter break from the end of today (27 March), returning Monday 13 April.

Curriculum

Probably the most distinctive feature of the UTC is the way its curriculum is developed.

Students will progress within the UTC based on their academic achievements and not by their age

The starting point is the needs of local employers and universities. Their needs for well-educated, versatile individuals are shaping the learning experience of UTC students. That means, when you study at the UTC, you will be extraordinarily well prepared to take up promising careers in those world-leading companies or via university.

Your week will be built around projects provided by employers, reflecting the real challenges that those businesses face. In this exciting, employment-driven environment qualifications will be vitally important so you can expect to leave UTC well qualified.

Years 10 & 11

At Key Stage 4, you will study for a technical qualification in your specialised area – either Creative & Digital Media, or Engineering & Manufacturing – alongside GCSEs. GCSE subjects are English, Mathematics, sciences, a modern foreign language and a humanities or specialist option. All students study Biology, Chemistry and Physics leading to either Core & Additional or Triple Science GCSEs. Students can take an additional GCSE from Art, Computer Science, Geography, Photography and Product Design. (If students want to take the English Baccalaureate, they will need to choose Geography.)

The overall curriculum will develop students in a rounded way and get them ready for the next step at age 16 – which could be at the UTC, in a school sixth form or college, or on an apprenticeship.